 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.  Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Bentley - Editors - 1883 - 180 pages
...men pictured to the life, and are made to understand why they wrote the sort of poetry they did ; " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." But the errors are in themselves valuable to us ; indications of the manners of the times — what... | |
 | Edwin O. Chapman - American poetry - 1884 - 430 pages
...CONDUCT. THUS men go wrong with an ingenius skill ; Bend the strait rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1884 - 804 pages
...attention first of all upon himself — that was inevitable. — DE Q.UINCEY. CS Note I. — a. Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. CS b. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1889 - 632 pages
...ends ; But not the mischiefs : they, still left behind, Like thistle-seeds are sown by every wind. First put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size, 560 One leg by truth supported, one by lies, They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing,... | |
 | Bible - 1892 - 718 pages
...it. " Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide " [ Cbtrper]. TV. Those who are alarmed at truth. Ahab roused in conscience, afraul of results, and... | |
 | 1905 - 1190 pages
...tabernacle; the " eye sublime," subdued to that it works in by a vile spirit, loses its brightness, and " Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again." And as Maudsley put it the other day at the British Medical Association, " Mind works in. every function... | |
 | Abram Herbert Lewis - Sabbath - 1894 - 60 pages
...religion which we shall have proved to be indefensible, self-contradictory and suicidal. FOURTH ARTICLE. " Halting on crutches of unequal size, One leg by truth supported, one by ties, Thus sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing but to lose the race." In the present... | |
 | William Mathews - English language - 1896 - 522 pages
...selves. A volume might be written on the mutual influence of language and opinion, showing that as " Faults In the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again," so the sentiments we cherish mould our language, and our words react upon our opinions and feelings.... | |
 | Charles Adiel Lewis Totten - Anglo-Israelism - 1897 - 312 pages
...them their infallible guide to direct their steps in the prosecution of their search. Thus did they, ' With a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then took it for a guide. ' " The whole history of the endeavor is a tale of ridicule. And it has reacted... | |
 | Georgia. Department of Education - Education - 1898 - 836 pages
...lines: "Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the strait rule to their own crooked will; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct... | |
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